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Abelard Becker EAW Hall of Famer
Posts : 1884 Age : 28 Status : I guess what I meant to say was those comments hurt my feelings and I brought up my income as a defense mechanism, because I'm a tough guy.
| Subject: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 1:24 pm | |
| Be it your own/opponents/anyone's you happen to read.
For example, reading a DEDEDE promo in Edge's voice or an Xavier Williams promo in Kevin Owens' voice.
I do, granted if I'm familiar with the voice.
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Sir Killian Charlamagne Dynasty
Posts : 1660 Age : 27 Hailing From : Camelot, Ontario, Canada Status : DEUS VULT!
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 1:26 pm | |
| Neigh, after reading these new Charlamagne promos, I keep hearing the same voice I heard with the old Kelly Hackenschmidt promos; Vic Mingonga |
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Nasir Escobar Dynasty
Posts : 3316 Age : 28 Hailing From : Brick City BITCH~! Status : If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it. Instead, have the courage to change it the way you want it to be~!
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 3:00 pm | |
| I do but you must sometimes take things into account like Tarah being American so she won't have Paige's accent as an example |
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Anthony Leonhart Voltage
Posts : 1818 Age : 33 Hailing From : New Japan Wrestling Academy Status : #IchimichiZaibatsuCorporation
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 3:04 pm | |
| Pretty hard with my actual picbase but I watched promos of Cade and I try to read them with a smooth voice. |
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Tomi Venus Dynasty
Posts : 279 Age : 26 Hailing From : Detroit Michigan
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 3:28 pm | |
| Everyone has a voice in their writing. With every person I read their promos in a different voice based on the tonality that I pick up from their writing while also taking into consideration aspects of their character, similar to what Nas said about Tarah.
I might read someone's promo in the voice of their picbase if I feel like their e-fed persona stays true to the picbase but most people put a lot of themselves into their characters and the picbase is just a vehicle to bring that character to life. |
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Nobi Showdown
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 4:44 pm | |
| - Nasir Moore wrote:
- I do but you must sometimes take things into account like Tarah being American so she won't have Paige's accent as an example
Nas hits the nail on the head. I'm an Indonesian...so Nobi won't have Nigel McGuinness' accents, lol. But for the most part, yes, I do read the promos in the voice of the picbase. Sometimes, I like to open to youtube to my opponents' picbase voice if I'm not familiar with their pic bases, lol. |
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The Elite-Lord Showdown
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 8:28 pm | |
| Actually, my mind has given all of you a distinctive voice regardless of the source of text I'm reading - either that be promo page, chat, etc etc.
I've heard a lot of you on mic before, and still, my mind chooses to read promos in a pre-set voice. It has something to do with personality, I feel. Basically when reading, I am naturally reading what my mind affiliates with your personality. I'm not sure I'm making sense with this, but when I read a Brian Daniels promo, I'm not doing so with his voice, or even Daniel Bryan's voice, but one my mind gave to a long time ago.
That also can be applied to my character in Lannister. I don't read through my promos with my own voice, or Cesaro's. Not sure of the reasoning, but I feel like it's a good thing. Definitely lets everything remain subjective, rather than affiliating a promoer to a wrestler I may not like, or like far too much. |
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Sir Killian Charlamagne Dynasty
Posts : 1660 Age : 27 Hailing From : Camelot, Ontario, Canada Status : DEUS VULT!
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 8:57 pm | |
| Nasir has a point, accents easily are a flaw. For example, I can't imagine Jamie O'Hara having Karl Anderson's voice simply because he's not from the Aussie lands, so I imagine him sounding like Steve Irwin and Chuck Norris's lovechild.
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Moongoose McQueen Voltage
Posts : 758 Status : Whether I go or not, I'll die anyway. I have an organ more important than my heart. Although you can't see it, I feel it going through my head down to my feet, and I know it exists within me. It lets me stand on my feet, it lets me walk forward without trembling. If I stop here, I feel like it would break... My soul will break.
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 9:41 pm | |
| I really encourage people to read my promos as Gilford Godfrey's voice. |
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『zakkii』 Empire
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 10:14 pm | |
| lmao no, Jurina's English is terrible lol |
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вrσdч spαrks . Empire
Posts : 1634 Age : 30 Hailing From : Brockton ✈ Seattle Status : ís єvíl sσmєthíng чσu αrє? σr ís ít sσmєthíng чσu dσ?
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 7th 2017, 11:08 pm | |
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Amani Empire
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 8th 2017, 10:12 am | |
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Macho Man Johnny Nova Showdown
Posts : 352 Age : 36 Hailing From : Detroit, MI
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 8th 2017, 10:42 am | |
| I do others promos for sure, my own however ends up read in my own voice most of the time. Kind of weird now that I think about it. |
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Davidson Showdown
Posts : 243 Hailing From : Sin City
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 8th 2017, 2:54 pm | |
| I was actually just thinking about this not too long ago. Kind of like what Target said, it might depend on the picbase and if their gimmick/character is similar to their picbase. Or if their picbase has a distinctive voice like a CM Punk, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens etc. then yeah I automatically read it with their voice. Otherwise, I don't really put much thought into it and just read them in my head with a standard voice. As for my own promos, I do usually imagine Kyle O'Reilly saying it tho with his voice. |
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Moongoose McQueen Voltage
Posts : 758 Status : Whether I go or not, I'll die anyway. I have an organ more important than my heart. Although you can't see it, I feel it going through my head down to my feet, and I know it exists within me. It lets me stand on my feet, it lets me walk forward without trembling. If I stop here, I feel like it would break... My soul will break.
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 8th 2017, 3:15 pm | |
| When I read other people's promo, I basically make them sound like the adults in those Peanuts Cartoon. WAH WAH WAH WAH......WAH WAH WAH Lannister WAH WAH WAH! |
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StarrStan
Posts : 1133 Age : 31 Hailing From : Phila
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 13th 2017, 12:35 am | |
| No. I always read promos in the same voice unless my opponent was someone I had known for a long time and developed a tone for their writing. Usually had nothing to do with the picbase. |
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Khamsin Dynasty
Posts : 45 Age : 27 Hailing From : Other Side of the Tracks Status : Halloween > Bday
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 13th 2017, 12:56 am | |
| Yes, and then I adjust the tone of the voice according to their personality, alignment etc. |
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Finnegan Wakefield Voltage
Posts : 1731 Age : 28 Hailing From : Great Britain (actually Australia) Status : A pretty top bloke, yeah?
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 13th 2017, 5:23 am | |
| I always read Y2Impacts segments in the Jericho voice. The rest, no. |
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Stephanie Matsuda Empire
Posts : 3092 Age : 40 Hailing From : BK Status : Back to the drawing board...
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 13th 2017, 7:45 am | |
| - Moongoose McQueen wrote:
- I really encourage people to read my promos as Gilford Godfrey's voice.
OMG I IMAGINED YOUR VOICE AS SUCH! Somehow it fits with Tanahashi.... |
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Azumi Goto Empire
Posts : 3679 Age : 27 Hailing From : Orlando, Florida Status : If you fall, be able to stand up on your own. And if you can do that, you're Unbreakable!
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 13th 2017, 11:21 am | |
| No, it's just hard to write in a broken english way. |
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Ryan Lecavalier
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 14th 2017, 4:39 pm | |
| I don't tend to read other people's promos with a set voice in mind.
As far as Ryan's go, she's supposed to sound French-Canadian. She's supposed to have a very thick acent, and English is her third language. So if words are missing, something sounds out of context that's why. I'm doing it on purpose, for the sake of conveying the accent. |
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вrσdч spαrks . Empire
Posts : 1634 Age : 30 Hailing From : Brockton ✈ Seattle Status : ís єvíl sσmєthíng чσu αrє? σr ís ít sσmєthíng чσu dσ?
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 14th 2017, 4:44 pm | |
| Sometimes it depends on the people. Like Aria I read promos in Aria's real voice. Half the time I am making up voices for most characters too. |
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ThePizzaBoy Dynasty
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| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 14th 2017, 9:39 pm | |
| No, and if someone were to tell me that they read PB in Rockstar Spud's voice I would resent it considering PIZZA BOY ISN'T BRITISH!
I couldn't tell you the last time I looked at someone's picbase before reading their promo. Usually it's the other way around, especially considering how many non-pic base avatars people usually have. I usually read the promo and if it intrigues me about the character I'll check out their sign up sheet to get more details and see if they're going for what I think they're going for, and that usually means 6 times out of 10 that the picbase fit the look and tone of their character, but not that they're trying to be their picbase.
I get the whole book by it's cover mentality, especially when the character name comes directly from the picbase, but if anyone has been reading my promos for two years and doesn't get that PB isn't some cockney bloke, then I may be angry and will probably have to re-evaluate everything that I've ever said and done with the character before spiraling down into an existential crisis. |
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Moongoose McQueen Voltage
Posts : 758 Status : Whether I go or not, I'll die anyway. I have an organ more important than my heart. Although you can't see it, I feel it going through my head down to my feet, and I know it exists within me. It lets me stand on my feet, it lets me walk forward without trembling. If I stop here, I feel like it would break... My soul will break.
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 14th 2017, 9:47 pm | |
| This thread would be better if someone just posts, and the person below them just answers what they think they sound like when they promo. |
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Abelard Becker EAW Hall of Famer
Posts : 1884 Age : 28 Status : I guess what I meant to say was those comments hurt my feelings and I brought up my income as a defense mechanism, because I'm a tough guy.
| Subject: Re: Do you read promos in the voice of the picbase? June 14th 2017, 9:49 pm | |
| - Moongoose McQueen wrote:
- This thread would be better if someone just posts, and the person below them just answers what they think they sound like when they promo.
WCW Chris Jericho |
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